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No. 608,722. Patented Aug. 9, I898.

G. F. SNIDEB.

WASHING MACHINE.

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GABRIEL FINANDEZ SNIDER, OF ABINGDON, IOWVA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO DAVID KOONS AND HENRY KOONS, OF SAME PLACE.

WASHING-MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,722, dated August 9, 1898. Application filed December 28,1897. Serial No. 664,038. (No man To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, GABRIEL FINANDEZ SNI- DER, residing at Abingdon, in the county of Jefferson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful lVashingMachinaof which the following is a specification;

This invention relates generally to washingmachines, and particularly to washing-machines having rocking bodies.

The object of the invention is to provide a washing-machine which is simple and durable in construction and rapid and effective in operation and also convenient of manipulation.

1th the above object in view the invention consists of rockers upon which the body is secured,said body having an operatin g-handle whereby the machine is rocked for washing the clothes, legs pivoted at each end of one of the rockers, links pivotally connected at one end to the lower ends of the legs and pivotally connected together at their opposite ends, and a handle pivoted at its lower end to one of the links, whereby when said handle is drawn upwardly the legs are brought outof engagement with the floor and the machine permitted to rock and when pushed downwardly the legs rest upon the floor and prevent said rocking movement.

The invention further consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will nowproceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a washingmachine constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the supporting-legs engaging the floor and preventing the rocking movement of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. l is avertical longitudinal sectional view.-

Like letters of reference mark the same parts wherever they occur in the various fig ures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A

indicates'tlle rockers, which are connected together adjacent their respective ends and at their upper edge by the cross-pieces B and intermediate their ends by the cross-piece O.

The body of the machine consists of the clothes receptacle D, which is V-shaped in cross-section and has secured around its upper edge the rectangular frame E, having the cleats F upon the inner side thereof. The body rests upon the cross-pieces B of the rockers at its lower end and is held in position by the barsG, which are secured at their lower ends to the rockers and at their upper ends to the body.

The corrugated rubbing-surface H is provided on the inner side of the \l-shaped receptacle, and said receptacle is provided with an outlet closed by a plug I and having a spout J secured upon the exterior thereof.

Secured to one end of the body and projecting above the upper edge thereof is the board K, having a cleat or strip L secured on its inner side, beneath which the section M of the cover is adapted to project, said section having at its oppositeedge the projecting strip N. Section 0 of the cover is hinged at one end to the body and at its opposite end engages the projecting strip N of section M, said sections resting upon the cleats F upon the inner side of the body and provided with knobs P. It will be understood that section M of the cover cannot be removed until section 0 is raised, so that said section 0 serves to hold the former in position.

An operating-handle Q is secured to one of the inclined ends R of the body and projects above the top thereof, where it is provided with a cross-rod S, thus forming a T-handle.

Pivoted latches T are provided upon the upper edge of the body to engage the hinged sect-ion of the lid and secure the same inposition.

Legs U are pivoted intermediate their ends to the bars G and are adapted at their lower ends to engage thefloor and prevent the rocking of the machine. Pivoted to said legs adjacent their lower ends are the links V,which are pivoted together at their inner ends, as illustrated. An operating-handle WV is pivoted at one end to one of said links adjacent its inner end and extends upwardly through a guide X, secured to the side of the body, and has a cross-piece Y at its upper end. Stops Z are provided adjacent each end of the rocker, against which the legs are adapted to abut, while a stop Z is carried by the rocker, against which the links are adapted to abut when the same are moved downwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 2. By means of these steps the movement of the legs is limited, so that they engage the floor at each end of the rocker and prevent the rocking of the machine.

By providing the sectional cover for the body it will be seen that the entire top of the machine maybe opened when desired or only the hinged section raised.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a very simple construction of washing-machine which is very easy to manipulate and is effective in operation and also have provided legs for engaging the floor and preventing the rocking of the ma chine and means for raising and lowering the same.

WVhile I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention, I do not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact details of construction shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations such as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic will properly fall within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In a washing-machine, the combination with rockers, of a body supported thereon, legs interinediately pivoted to the rockers and adapted to engage the floor, links pivoted to the inner end of said legs and pivotally connected to each other, and an operating-lever pivotally connected at its lower end to one of said links and movable in a guide carried by the body, substantially as set forth.

GABRIEL FINANDEZ SNIDER.

\Vitnesses:

B. B. BURRIS, A. L. VANNESS. 

